Luke 6:17-24

¹⁷Afterward Jesus came down the hill with them and took his stand on a level place. With him were a large crowd of his disciples, and great numbers of people from the whole of Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast district of Tyre and Sidon,

¹⁸who had come to hear him and to be restored to health. Those, too, who were troubled with foul spirits were cured;

¹⁹and everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power went out from him which restored them all.

²⁰Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

²²Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they expel you from amongst them, and insult you, and reject your name as an evil thing — because of the Son of Man.

²³Then indeed you may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets.

²⁴But alas for you who are rich, for you have had your comforts in full.